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BEIJING'S MISSILE THREAT JUSTIFIES REFERENDUM: MILITARY EXPERTS

Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) Two military experts said Saturday that the
mainland Chinese missile threat justifies President Chen Shui-bian's
call for a referendum under the newly-enacted Referendum Law.

In a seminar on national security, Su Chin-chiang, a former
National Security Council adviser, said the some 500 deployed
mainland missiles aimed at Taiwan constitute an immediate and obvious
risk to the country under which the Referendum Law authorizes the
president to hold a referendum.

Former Deputy Minister of National Defense Chen Pi-chao echoed
Su's opinion at the seminar, saying that the deployed mainland
missiles, with an accuracy of being able to land within 50 meters of
their targets, could destroy Taiwan's command and control system in a
first strike. He said that this of course represents an immediate and
obvious danger to the island.